Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 21 › Conversation 021-002

Nixon phone call with Brumley on Condolences and John B. Connally

Monday, March 6, 1972 · 4:12 PM–4:13 PM ET · White House Telephone · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Brumley, JayneConversation021-002 on Tape 21 (tape position 00:00:57–00:02:16)StartMonday, March 6, 1972 at 4:12 PMEndMonday, March 6, 1972 at 4:13 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 021-002 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 646310004 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon called Jayne Brumley to offer his condolences following the death of her husband, Calvin E. Brumley. During the brief exchange, Nixon praised Calvin's work and noted that he had recently discussed the deceased's professional contributions with John B. Connally. The President also spoke briefly with the couple's son, Brian, and encouraged the family to remain resilient during their time of grief.

Condolences
Calvin E. Brumley
John B. Connally
White House personal relations

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NARA Description

On March 6, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Jayne Brumley talked on the telephone from 4:12 pm to 4:13 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 021-002 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 21-2

Date: March 6, 1972
Time: 4:12 pm - 4:13 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Jayne Brumley.

[See Conversation No. 678-4B]

     Condolences on the death of Calvin E. Brumley
         -New Hampshire
         -Brian Brumley
              -New England
         -The President’s previous talk with John B. Connally
              -Florida
              -Calvin Brumley

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Yeah.

Hello.

Hi, Jane.

Yeah.

Well, I just wanted you to know that we're all thinking of you over here and that we know this is a great shock for you, but that you're a strong girl.

After all, anybody that can crutch through those snows of New Hampshire will be able to, you know, survive this.

And Brian Brumley is on the line.

Oh, yes, your boy.

Isn't that great?

Oh.

Great.

Well, he's having a fine record there up at...

in New England and just want you to know that we're

we're uh we feel we've lost one of our own family uh we uh but thank him we got you and him and that's the way he'd want you to be now so you just uh you just uh you know uh spirit up huh we will sure do appreciate your calling and cal was very very proud to work well i'll tell you we were having john and i were john connelly and i were talking about him a couple weeks ago here in florida before i went there and he was saying what a fine follow he was and

And we all felt that way.

And after all, he's in a better place.

Thank you again.

Okay, Jane.

Also recorded on March 6, 1972

678-002 3:58 PM · 55 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:58 pm and 4:00 pm.
021-001 4:00 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:00 pm.
678-003 4:00 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 4:00 pm.
678-004 4:00 PM · 1 hr 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), Rose Mary Woods, Jayne Brumley, Stephen B. Bull, Ronald L. Ziegler, Henry A. Kissinger, and James C. H. Shen met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:00 pm to 5:04 pm.
021-003 4:13 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:13 pm and 7:14 pm.
678-005 5:05 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:05 pm to 5:10 pm.
678-006 5:10 PM · 52 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:10 pm and 5:15 pm.
678-007 5:15 PM · 1 hr 39 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, Stephen B. Bull, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:15 pm to 6:59 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 021-002, March 6, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 646310004). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/021-002 (accessed November 2, 2026).